Foundation Skills StudyDesk

You are asked to start with the Welcome and course introduction, using the link below, then work your way through the topics in order.

Unit 0: Introduction
Welcome and course introduction	Starter activities: i. Your expectations. ii. Personal learning plan.
Unit 1: Principles of adult tertiary education
Learning, teaching and adult learners	Activity - Teaching strategies
Perspectives of teaching and principles of good undergraduate teaching practice	Activity - Principles of teaching
Research-based principles of learning	Activity - The scholarship of teaching and learning	Assessment - E-Activity 1
Unit 2: Learning styles/preferences
Thinking styles and orientations to study	Activity - Thinking styles
Active learning for the 21st century learner	Activity - Active learning strategies
Learning styles and conceptions of learning	Activity - Learning styles	Assessment - E-Activity 2
Unit 3: Teaching approaches that support learner-centred education
Pedagogy, Andragogy and Heutagogy	i. Activity - Strategies for learner-centred courses ii. Activity - How to engage students in learning
Learner-centredness and student engagement	Activity - Learner-centredness	Assessment - E-Activity 3
Unit 4: Developing and using basic teaching resources and equipment
Traditional resources: The whiteboard, handouts and subject-specific resources	Activity - Handouts and subject-specific resources
Using technology in teaching	i. Activity - digital tools ii. Activity - Technology for your context	Assessment - E-Activity 4
Unit 5: Session/learning sequencing and delivery
How to plan a session/lesson sequence	i. Activity - Reflection on lesson planning ii. Activity - Exploration of lesson plans
Lesson planning as a design science	Activity - Teaching as Design Science	Assessment - E-Activity 5
Unit 6: Lecturer self-evaluation
Reflection as a way of self-evaluating teaching practice	i. Activity - Reflect about a puzzling teaching situation ii. Activity - Explore how to use reflection for self-evaluation of teaching iii. Activity - Set goals for teaching
Gathering student feedback	Activity - A method to gather informal student feedback
Mentoring	i. Activity - Describe a mentoring experience ii. Activity - Habits of effective mentors	Assessment - E-Activity 6
Unit 7: Introduction to Learning Management Systems
Online pedagogy	i. Activity - Online learning ii. Activity - Principles for online pedagogy
What is a Learning Management System (LMS) and why use it?	i. Activity - Reflection re LMS ii. Activity - Benefits of LMS
Using Moodle to engage students in a blended environment	i. Activity - Moodle pedagogy ii. Activity - Blended learning	Assessment - E-Activity 7
Unit 8: Basics of assessment - principles and tools
Role, jargon and principles of assessment	i. Activity - the purpose of assessment ii. Activity - Language of assessment iii. Activity - Principles of assessment
The assessment cycle	i. Activity - Assessment cycle ii. Activity - Graduate Profile and learning outcomes
How to assess learning and provide meaningful feedback	i. Activity - vocational assessments ii. Activity - Feedback
e-Assessment	i. Activity - why use e-assessment? - ii. Activity - selecting e-assessment	Assessment - E-Activity 8
Unit 9: Introduction to open education resources and practices
Principles and practices of open online pedagogy	i. Activity - What is Open Pedagogy? ii. Activity - attributes of Open Pedagogy
Open Education Resources (OER) and Open Education Practices (OEP)	i. Activity - What is an OER? ii. Activity - Open Educational Practices	Assessment - E-Activity 9
Unit 10: Basics of pastoral care
What is pastoral care of students and should you be involved?	i. Activity - what is pastoral care? ii. Activity - provision of pastoral care
Pastoral care at Otago Polytechnic for students from near and far	i. Activity - Pastoral care example ii. Activity - Code of Practice for international students	E-Activity 10